Two Ways to Win a $50 eGift Card From Sephora!

WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Kristina! Congratulations, Kristina! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

Been a busy week here at Tabs the Cat Industries, LLC! Things kicked into overdrive when Friskies tapped Tabs to be their Global Gravy Ambassador.

What an honor. 🙂

But it’s been intense! The position involves a lot of PR, lots of travel, building buzz about gravy and the gravy-eating lifestyle to cats around the world. To prepare himself, Tabs has immersed himself in gravy…

Not literally, of course. I mean he’s been doing a lot of napping, purr-chirping and, yes, eating lots of gravy.

I’d say it’s grueling, but it’s really not.

Today is actually the first day off Tabs has had in weeks. I asked him this morning what his plans were, and he said, “Mrow!” He’s going to spend the day gaming and might stop by Sephora and Petco to stock up on essentials…

And speaking of stocking up on essentials, have you entered this weekend’s Sephora eGift card giveaway yet?

I try to host one every week to say “thank you” for visiting the blog. I know you’ve got a lot on your plate, and I’m grateful that you include me and Tabs in your online travels.

Details to enter are just down below (only takes a comment at the bottom of this post). Have a great weekend, and I’ll catch up with you soon.

What folks are saying…

“Hi Karen!!! Wow, that news definitely gets a hoo ray ray and an elephant!!! (I’ve maybe been watching too much Boardwalk Empire.) Thank you so much!!!”-Shana

“What a lovely surprise it was to see your announcement (after completing one of many exams/papers/projects I have this crazy week)! The eCard will definitely ease expenses for this broke, beauty-obsessed college student. Thank you, Karen and Tabs!!”-Katie

“Thanks so much, Karen. Just in case you were wondering what I got with it, I decided to go with the Clarisonic Mia–I’ve been wanting it for years now, but have never purchased it because of the price. Your eCard helped me finally buy it! I look forward to using it. Thanks again!”-Jane

“Shut the front door! OMG Karen, you have made my day. 🙂 I’m sick in bed with the flu and this has just cheered me up immensely!!!!!!!! BTW, I’m the one that sent you that pic of my pug in a wig a few weeks back LOL! Thanks again, honestly, I’m beyond giddy right now.”-Angel

“Thank you SO much Karen! OMG! Wishes really do come true! I can’t believe I won! You have no idea how much this will help me through the holidays. I’ve been an avid fan of your blog for the past two years. Your witty and creative entries, informative makeup information, and beautiful photos have kept me hooked. I look forward to more of it. Goodness, you’ve
seriously just made my week and it’s only Tuesday night!”-Zharlynne

“Oh my goodness! Thank you so much Karen (and Tabs, of course)! I really appreciate this! I’d been eyeing the Anastasia brow pencil in Strawburn to match my red hair!”-Chelsea (and Jiji the kitten and Quincy the bunny)

One (1) Sephora eGift card containing $50 sent to the winner by email (international readers, you may opt to receive $50 sent by PayPal instead).

There are two ways to enter, and you can do both of them for two chances to win. First, you can enter by leaving a comment at the bottom of this post, a comment about anything at all, like, what are your favorite video games? Do you ever play video games on your phone? Chocolate for breakfast: yes or no? What’s your favorite city? What under-eye concealer is your absolute favorite and why? What’s one makeup brush you absolutely can’t live without? What’s the craziest makeup look you’ve done over the past year? What are your biggest beauty concerns these days? — you get the idea.

Second, you can enter by following me on Twitter @karenmbb and retweeting (RT) the following message:

Follow @karenmbb and RT to Win a $50 eGift Card from Sephora! http://bit.ly/Z0IKfU

The deadline to enter is Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 11:59PM (PT).

Entrants must enter using a valid email address and/or Twitter account to win.

A maximum of two (2) entries per person — one within the comments at the bottom of this post, and a second entry via Twitter addressed to me @karenmbb.

Contest is open to individuals of any country who have reached the age of majority according to their local laws (18 in the United States with these exceptions: Alabama and Nebraska, 19; Mississippi, 21).

Sephora eGift Certificates can only be redeemed online and are not valid in stores or available for purchase or redemption in Canada. International winners may opt to substitute the Sephora eGift card prize for $50 sent directly to their email address by PayPal instead.

Tabs and I (heretofore referred to as “T-Money and K-Dawg”) will select one (1) winner at random from the entries either left in the comments at the bottom of this blog post or addressed to @karenmbb on Twitter.

The winner will be announced here within 48 hours of the deadline.

Void where prohibited by law.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

WINNER: The giveaway is closed now, and the winner is Kristina! Congratulations, Kristina! If you entered but didn’t win this time around, keep trying, and click here to enter any ongoing giveaways before you jet. 🙂

Two Ways to Win a $50 eGift Card From Sephora! / Originally published February 9th, 2013

The craziest makeup look I’ve done in the past year was for Halloween: I drew giant anime eyes on my eyelids, so that when I closed my eyes, I looked like an anime character. It freaked my husband out, so I washed it off 🙁

I wouldn’t be able to make up my mind about a favorite city because I can’t pick just one from my favorites: Edinburgh, Bath, Paris, New York City and San Francisco!
And I hope to get some good suggestions for an undereye concealer from the answers cuz I need a good one, in an urgent way 😀

I finally tried a BB cream. Last night, while at the mall with a friend, I realized that I didn’t blend very well and had tiger stripes on my cheeks. I had to make an emergency stop to the restroom. Lesson learned: Get better lighting in my bathroom and triple check my makeup before leaving the house.

My husband is a game developer and our house is practically a shrine to gaming – we have 2 TVs and no cable, all for playing games. >< As for favorites, I need to add to my will that I be buried with Morrowind. Thanks for the contest!

For a while I was full-on addicted to Angry Birds! I had to quit cold turkey when I caught myself playing at 4:00 in the morning. I have hella dark undereye circles and deep-set eyes, so I look like a zombie without concealer. Current rotation includes MAC Pro Longwear and EL Double Wear, but I still haven’t found one that covers completely, stays on without creasing, and doesn’t cause breakouts. Next to try is MUFE Full Cover or Hourglass stick concealer, unless someone has another suggestion?

YES to chocolate for breakfast. By far my favorite chocolate morning meal is only available in Europe (of course) – Nestle Chocapic cereal. The flakes are SO hearty and crunchy, with overwhelming chocolate in every bite. They put things like Cocoa Puffs to shame. If you’re in Europe, especially France, you MUST get them.

Chocolate for breakfast is always good. (Chocolate croissants, nutella, chocolate chip pancakes, you name it.) Hmm, wonder how chocolate chips would have worked in the waffles we made this morning while totally snowed in…

I love to play video games!! I have XBox360, Wii, PSVita, DS Lite and I also play on my phone! I really dont have a “favorite” game but there is one game on the Xbox I really hope (pray) they come out with a part deux “Shadow Complex”. Thee dopest side scroll game since Metroid. In my opinion anyways. My fav game right now on the iPhone/Android is Hatchi. It’s very similar to Tamagotchi and I am hooked!Stephanie recently posted … Get A $50 Julep Gift Certificate For Only $20 At Bloomspot

Ok, T-Money and K-Dawg…Well speaking of chocolate for breakfast I happen to have had a nice spanking bowl of chocolate pudding my husband made last night for breakfast this morning!!
As for video games love Sims 3 on Pc.:)

I can’t wait for the benefit colour relaunch in March! I’m eyeing the powder shadows in “It’s Complicated” & “Kiss Me I’m Tipsy” as well as the creaseless creams in “RSVP”, “Skinny Jeans” and “Bikini-Tini”. I love the colour and the NAMES!

I’m a new follower 🙂 I’ve recently started reading through the archives of your Mac unsung heroes to begin adding to my collection! Thanks for fueling my addiction each day – it’s a fun, colorful welcome after a long day of work 🙂

I’ve been on a cooking bender this week. I’ve made french onion soup, cassoule, chicken long rice and I have plans to make moo shu pork, duck and shrimp gumbo, and chocolate cupcakes with caramel frosting (heart shaped of course)!

I really enjoy playing games but for some reason I can’t find one that I really like to play on my phone. The only game I have is Peggle. Maybe I prefer to play on the computer or on an actual gaming console.

Love your blog and competitions because you do not discriminate against us non US residents and allow us to enter them as well.
I am useless at all video games and sit in wonder as my 15 tear old plays anything and everything with such ease and precision.I have tweeted your competition as well.

My favorite games are from the mario franchise. Nintendo period. But I love kingdom hearts for ps (you go to different disney movie worlds! eg. Aladdin and the beasts castle etc., and mickey is the king) and its always fun killing real people in halo. I could go on. Im a nerd 🙂
Biggest beauty concern? Same as its been for a decade – clear beautiful skin. Im not crazy about the way I look in the first place, its almost impossible for me to feel good about myself when i have acne. Which unfortunately is almost always :\

Right now, my skin is super dry including my eyelids, but I still get hormonal breakouts! I”m looking for some super moisturizing foundation and eyeshadow that won’t go on all patchy and accentuate my dry spots.
I love your blog and reading about Tabs and his adventures!

Happy weekend and thanks for this opportunity Karen =). I’d love to be able to stock up on some skincare products. I plan on celebrating Chinese New Year’s by making dumplings and also play some games. Right now I’m obsessed with Temple Run 2 on my phone lol – and Bakery Story, which tells me that you can eat sugary goods any time of the day, even chocolate 😉

I love playing the LEGO Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings on XBOX 360. I usually play Fruit Ninja or Triple Town on my phone. I have to limit the amount of games I have on my phone cause they can get addicting.

I’ve never been the biggest of video game fans, but I’m good at reading the walkthroughs while my brother plays! As for makeup, I’m really eyeing the new lip glosses by Burberry, especially the sweet pea pink one! So summery…which we could use after Nemo!

Tabs immersed in gravy- reminds me of the ride at Hershey Park where they go through the history of Hershey’s kisses… there’s a part that I call ‘the river of chocolate’ and fancy myself swimming through it, or more like gulping my way through it. I can imagine Tabs also enjoying his version of the ‘river of chocolate’ fantasy as ‘river of gravy’.

Hi Karen! To be honest, I don’t play many video games…but I love anything Mario! Sometimes I play games on my phone, mostly Angry Birds (they crack me UP). Chocolate for breakfast = you’re doing something right in your life!!! 🙂 hahahaha! Favorite city….I haven’t gone to many, but I do love Greece when I visited in HS. No under-eye concealer! Still young, get lots of sleep (hello unemployment! hah!). I don’t know, I have a hard time committing to one concealer bc I don’t think I need one yet. But in the next few months, I’ll probably be hitting Sephora for one. A brush I can’t live without is the MAC 239 and 217. I can’t do any eye makeup without those two brushes, they’re freakin amazing! Craziest makeup look for me recently would have to be colored eyeliner. I bought the Urban Decay Ocho Loco set and the Smoked Eye Pencil set. I absolutely love eyeliner, and I’ve never incorporated so many colors into my makeup before! And my beauty concerns lately are my scars. I have my acne kind of under control, but the scars are still there!
Anyways, I hope you have a fantastic rest of your weekend Karen!

If there was one item I could not live without, is the concealer…And recently I made a great discovery in that field!!
Cheap and suuuuuper efficient. Excellent coverage, nor too dry or too moisturizing, and the most important, it gives you this illuminating halo around your eyes….It’ssssss …..Dermablend concealer. Run buy it, I looove it!!!

I happily admit to being an RPG nerd. I went back and played Neverwinter Nights recently as a friend just purchased me new copies of a lot of old games. Oh, nostalgia. You and I shall be friends.

Favorite city? Too hard! Of all the places I’ve been, I think of ReykjavÃ­k and Vancouver the most. Followed by Hobart. Okay, I don’t really have an order. I love them all. I love cities with quiet days and loud nights with relatively mild weather whenever it doesn’t snow (as I do love the snow). Those are my ideal places.

I love your website! I was searching for visual and succinct reviews of pressed powders and came upon your review of Mac’s Blot Pressed Powder. I think you definitely helped me make my mind up about what I would want to purchase! Thanks so much for putting in your time!

Thank you for the giveaway!
In my opinion, chocolate is an any time of day food. I once went to a bed and breakfast that gave out fresh baked croissants and super thin chocolate bars. Excellent breakfast.

My favorite city is Vancouver, British Columbia. It’s so beautiful there. If you have the chance to visit take it! My biggest beauty concern is keeping healthy looking skin, drinking water definitely helps.

I love where I am right now, which is home. Winter is mixing with spring a bit here, grass is showing in pockets around the snow, but the weather hasn’t quite gotten there yet. It’s ok though, I can go skiing, ice skating, or do any other winter sport, which is always fun! (:

I just wanted to thank you for putting such love and time in your blog. I use to and im sure many women find makeup and beauty intimidating and sometimes not all that fun but you never fail to put a smile on my face when i get back from work to unwind and read your cute and hilarious posts!

I’m turning 29 this year and more than anything my biggest skin care concern are spots! I have sun spots and old acne scars that seem more apprent than ever!…don’t know what to do about them cept wear sunscreen and try lightening products, none of which seem to work :(. I’d appreciate any advice.

I think the best undereye concealer is a good, moisturizing eye cream applied under a luminous, brightening foundation (I use YSL Teint Ã‰clat foundation, which is phenomenal). YSL’s Touche Ã‰clat pens are great for when you need that extra oomph.

My favourite city is Barcelona.. I was posted there for a few months for work and absolutely loved it! It was pretty much like a paid holiday.. best time of my life! (and I was due to be married a month after I returned so it was like I pretty much spent the last few months of my single life there)

i love reading ur blog posts esp on the latest and upcoming MAC products. i noticed that ur the first to post the upcoming collection with swatches and actual product. so if i want to know what’s the next collection from MAC I check ur post so I’ll know it asap. thanks for the giveaway! hope i win this! i love makeup!

Hey, Karen! Love your blog sooo much!!!! 🙂 So since you said anything, I’m going to tell you about my most recent purchase… I BOUGHT PINK UGGS!!!!!!!!!!!! I live in Michigan and it was only a matter of time before a new pair of these fuzzy boots surfaced in my closet… but I saw them at the store and it was like an impulse buy! They are the short bailey button style, and they are freaking PINK! They’re for a breast cancer collection so I feel good about buying them, since a large chunk of the money goes to research to help fight breast cancer! BUT, again, OMG THEYRE FREAKING PINK 😀 😀 I’m feeling lucky… so maybe this is my week?! :0 haha 😀

I’m currently hooked on FreeFlow on my iPod Touch.
This past week has been the week from hell and my skin is freaking out as a result, so that’s my current beauty concern!
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity T-Money and K-Dawg 🙂

Hey Karen! I really love doing makeup and I enjoy making others feel beautiful. One makeup brush I can’t live without is my Sehora contour brush to accentuate my bone structure. Checking your blog every week is a must for me! I hope I win this giveaway because although I love makeup, I often don,t have enough money to purchase it.
Thanks so much !

Hi Karen,
I want to first thank you for the amazing posts and how much they help me before I buy make up products. I’m new to your blog, as I am new to make up as well. In the past months I started getting into make up after seeing how much make up can boost your confidence and change your mood. I’m in the process of divorcing with my ex and only after coming out of this long relationship I started looking at life and especially myself with a different eye. I don’t have a lot of high end products as I can’t afford them and a $50 sephora card would help me get some of the basics. Either way, I’m trying to save so one day I’ll be able to have all the beauty products on my wish-list. Even if I don’t win, I want to thank you again for helping me see myself differently and being confident about myself.
Love,
Leonora

Although I’m a native Floridian, I think that Seattle is my favorite city as far as beauty and culture are concerned, and New Orleans is also a favorite for its character and culture. However, I felt safer in Seattle! Both cool places to visit!

T-Money & K-Dawg – please, pick me, pick me!! (:
I haven’t been able to shop for a while so a $50 G/C would be a great way to start stocking up on the Spring Collections. I’ve have my eye on some beautiful Too Faced products!! Speaking of Too Faced, Winter has been so harsh on my skin this year, it’s needed a lot of TLC. I’m really loving the Too Faced BB Cream. Most of the BB’s I’ve tried have been too drying for my skin, but Too Faced BB keeps me feeling hydrated all day long. As a moisture booster, I like to keep a mini bottle of hydrating spray in my purse for these LONG Winter days. Right now, I’m using Dermalogicas Antioxidant HydraMist. It not only hydrates, it takes care of any redness that may pop up during the cold days. Loves! <3

Your blog is my 'go-to'. I Thank You for taking the time for us Beauty Junkies.
~S~

I always play games on my phone, but since I got a tablet I’ve been using that. My current favorites are Rise of Blobs and Heroes Call.

I actually just got LORAC Touch-Up To Go and I’m enjoying it. I’ve been iffy on concealers because it always feels like I’m using painter’s putty or something, but this is very light and blendable.Kirsten Holen recently posted … Review: EBOOST

I love your post but have never commented. I like all the swatches and testing you do so that I dont have to 🙂
So your contest…love the idea! I didn’t really play video games but I play ‘candy crush’ and I’m kinda hooked on it like crack lol.
Chocolate is the answer to everything 🙂
Thanks
Anna

My husband and I have never had more than a Nintendo 64. No Play Station, no Wii… just a good ‘ol N64; it’s all you need. The best game EVER is Mario Kart! We spent this last New Year’s Eve drinking Veuve, playing Mario Kart, and watching a Portlandia marathon. Perfection. And my favorite city in the entire world is San Francisco. 🙂

I love the random comment questions you come up with for these giveaways 🙂 I like talking about random things! Haha!

-I miss playing video games, but I love role-playing games. My favorite is the Kingdom Hearts games!
-The only game I’ve been really playing on my phone lately is this puzzle game (I love puzzle games!)
-No to chocolate for breakfast (unless it’s on pancakes/waffles!)
-Favorite City: London.
-Favorite under-eye concealer: I’ve only ever used this mousse concealer by Maybelline and it works fine.
-Life-dependent makeup brush: Stipple brush by Real Techniques! Looove it
-Whatâ€™s the craziest makeup look youâ€™ve done over the past year? Fairy makeup with pinks and purples: I drew purple swirls all over my face with eyeliner and everything! I didn’t save a picture x.x
-Biggest beauty concerns: Acne on my cheeks!

What is everyone’s favorite palette right now? I keep making my own shadows out of colors I rarely use so I feel like I have every shade I’d ever want so now I’m super hung up on skincare, brushes and fragrances.

I was depressed when I saw the NARS God Created The Woman set in person and didn’t even get excited because I have really similar shades 🙁

Best undereye concealer just HAS to be Giorgio Armani’s Maestro Eraser. It’s soooo silky and light and gorgeous and subtly illuminating. You really must try it if you haven’t already! 🙂Becca @ The Beauty Sample recently posted … The Sample: LORAC PRO Palette Review & Swatches

Hey Karan, LOVE your blog because you show the most amazing products and I love that you rate them, so I know what to get and what to avoid!! I’m currently doing a marketing course, so am pretty broke and would love to win the Sephora gift card to buy myself some nice foundation and concealer!! =) Thanks for doing this, your great =)